Statistical analysis can play a pivotal role in both avoiding and settling employment disputes. Employers and litigants in employment lawsuits routinely use statistics to investigate the legitimacy of employment decisions. Statistical Analysis of Employment Data provides managers and courts with empirical evidence that goes beyond anecdotes and stories. This textbook presents the methodologies that are used in statistical employment data analyses. While the focus is on statistics, it is not a cookbook of magic mathematical formulas. Instead, a non-mathematical approach is used to develop the conceptual framework underlying employment data analyses.
"The most down-to-earth statistical text I have encountered. Dr. Steward's work book can be enjoyed on many levels--from the employment attorney or HR professional who starts with no background in statistics, to the practitioner seeking to understand probability theory and the economics of employment." "A user-friendly text. The author takes the reader through basic concepts of probability without assuming any level of mathematical background, and then applies these concepts to current employment issues." "The discussions are at the same time thought-provoking and understandable to the statistically uninitiated. Dr. Steward's book will be an invaluable reference for attorneys and HR professionals. The book features clear and helpful examples of employment statistics in action--as well as a useful glossary." --Tony Rosenstein, Partner at Baker Botts LLP
"Employment discrimination cases are increasingly determined by means of statistical analysis. But judges and attorneys, expert witnesses and the law itself are too often biased by improper data analysis of choices made under uncertainty. Steward's Statistical Analysis is a way forward."
"Does statistical significance imply the existence of employment discrimination? What is the difference, if any, between statistical significance and economic significance in discrimination trials, and how can you tell? For quick, reliable answers you are in luck: buy and read Statistical Analysis of Employment Data, by Dr. Dwight Steward." --Stephen T. Ziliak, Professor of Economics, Roosevelt University, and co-author of The Cult of Statistical Significance
"In complex employment cases, your labor economist can be an attorney's "best friend." Dwight's book is an essential component for every employment lawyer's tool kit. Although statistics can be a daunting area, Dwight's ability to break it down in understandable bites is key. Always the instructor, Dwight's book helps us learn and apply the lessons to our cases and issues." --David B. Ritter, partner and chair of the labor and employment group, Neal Gerber Eisenberg LLP
"Dr. Steward's work provides a helpful and accessible framework from which to consider the important role of statistics in employment discrimination disputes. The book nicely combines economic theory with his real-world, practical experience. Given the increased challenges to economist expert witness testimony in court proceedings, this work assists in understanding economic concepts in this area, including a useful dictionary of statistical employment terms. In light of the enactment of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, the issues raised by Dr. Steward here, including a discussion of promotion discrimination analysis, are timely and likely to recur in employment disputes in the future." --Carlos Soltero, Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Lawyer, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP
"By writing this book, Dr. Steward has done a great service not only to the legal profession, but to young economists as well. His book offers a gentle introduction to how economists and statisticians approach the study of discrimination. Many schools do not include a forensic statistics/economics class in their curriculum. Consequently, there is a large number of people in the legal and economics professions that need to learn the subject on their own. Dr. Steward's book is the perfect beginning. He strikes the right balance between mathematical rigor and simplicity, explaining the key topics in such a way that most people could understand." --Doug Berg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Economics and International Business, College of Business Administration, Sam Houston State University
"Dwight Steward's Statistical Analysis of Employment Data in Discrimination Lawsuits and EEO Audits provides attorneys, human resource and employment compliance professionals an accessible conceptual introduction to the core statistical concepts involved in the analysis of employment data as typically used in employment discrimination cases. Drawing on his many years of experience in the field, the author first explains the key concepts and legal issues related to employment discrimination and then proceeds to give a very nice exposition of the statistical concepts and methods that can be used in addressing the vexing issues that arise in the field. Using an intuitive yet precise style, Steward is meticulous in his treatment of the interplay between statistical methodologies and important legal questions arising in employment discrimination cases. An outstanding feature of the book is that it consists of carefully written expositions on the basics of employment discrimination litigation and statistical methodologies followed by real-world cases and examples. These cases and examples illustrate how statistical analysis is used in resolving difficult legal questions related to possible discrimination in the way organizations hire, pay, and promote employees. Anyone interested in how statistical analysis can be applied in resolving important legal questions in employment discrimination and related areas will benefit from reading this book and will likely come away with a full appreciation and understanding of the power and limitations of empirical methods. Other unique features of the volume is the inclusion of a comprehensive glossary of statistical terms and concepts commonly used in the analysis of employment discrimination cases, a section containing links to various employment related data sets, and a section containing a compilation (along with full citations) of legal cases involving the use of statistical analysis." --William C. Hunter, Henry B. Tippie Dean, Tippie College of Business
"This is an excellent treatise for Employment lawyers, Human Resources Professionals and other Economists to understand the role and contributions the Economist can play in the assessment of discrimination claims and lawsuits. It represents a workable resource to use in analyzing employment practices, to minimize, if not insulate the work environment of discrimination. Great Work!!" --Donald J. Fleming, Acting Division Chief- Labor Division, City of Houston Attorney's Office
"This is not the kind of book to curl up with in a comfy chair in front of a warm fire on a cold, rainy day. This IS the kind of book you want to keep at your side if you do employment litigation and have incredible people skills but statistics and the evidence related to them were never your forte. This book is copiously and incredibly comprehensive, yet well organized and straight forward, yet easily understood by "non-nerds" who can barely spell "probability density function" let alone understand it. I have added this book to my essential tools and must have reference books between my scales of justice bookends on my desk! It is destined to be a classic." --Connie Acosta, Assistant City Attorney, City of Austin Law Department
"Dr. Steward has done a most miraculous thing: In clear, carefully written English he has laid out the path that employment specialists have to walk to get through litigation and audits, and he has done it in a language that both groups can understand. This is no mean feat." --George Neumann, George Daly Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Iowa
"Steward uses his academic and real-world litigation experience to explain in straightforward terms the statistical analyses that underlie most modern employment lawsuits. This book is a must for human resources professionals and employment lawyers everywhere." --Gavin Villareal, Partner at Baker Botts LLP
